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Psych Disorders
Psych Disorder Test
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Psychology
12th Grade
05/02/2012

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In __________________ personality disorder, a person has a persistent pattern of disregard for, and violation of rights of others
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Antisocial
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What is the separation of certain personality components or mental processes from conscious thought?
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Dissociation
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What is the feeling of being outside of one’s body?
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Depersonalization
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Characterized by loss of contact with reality. Usual symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders.
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Schizophrenia
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Characterized by delusions and auditory hallucinations and belief that someone is plotting against them is what?
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Paranoid Schizophrenia
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When a person is preoccupied with unrealistic thoughts of having a disease is called?
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Hypochondria
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What book is used to classify a psych disorder?
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
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What percent of people have psych disorders?
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13%
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An expression of psychological distress coming from physical symptoms is?
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Somatization
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What is a general state of dread or uneasiness that occurs in response to vague or imagined danger?
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Anxiety
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Relatively short periods of intense fear or discomfort are called?
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Panick Attack
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What mood disorder typically involves feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, and great sadness?
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Depression
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Which of the following is not a symptom of Schizophrenia?
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Know the symptoms of Schizophrenia
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The psychoanalytical approach to explain Schizophrenia states that it is caused from the overwhelming of the…
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Superego by the Id
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This type of personality disorder is characterized by lack of normal emotional responses and no tender feelings or attachment toward others.
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Schizoid
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Creating a new life that has no recollection of the previous one after a traumatic incident or situation is called?
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Dissociative Fugue
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_______________ is the unwanted thoughts, ideas, or mental images that occur over and over again.
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Obsession
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In ________________ personality disorder, a person desires a relationship with others but it is prevented by their fear of disapproval.
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Avoidant
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Multiple Personality Disorder is also known as _____________ ____________ ______________.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
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An immobile, expressionless, coma like state is a (an) ___________ ________________.
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Cataonic Supor
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___________ ____________ is a cycle of mood changes from depression to wild elation and back.
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Bipolar Disorder
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The change or loss of functioning in part of the body with no medical expression is called ________________ ____________.
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Conversion Disorder
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What a culture attributes cause of illness to is a ______________-_______ _____________.
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Culturally-Bound Syndrome
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Behavior patterns that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person's ability to cope with everyday life are classified as ___________ ____________.
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Psychological Disorders
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Forgetting something after a stressful or traumatic event is known as ____________ __________.
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Dissociative Amnesia
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___________ means body in Greek.
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Soma
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____________________ is the fear of being in places or situations where escape is difficult or impossible.
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Agoraphobia
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What are repetitive ritual behaviors, often involving checking or cleaning something is _________________.
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Compulsion
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____ % of people with severe depression commits suicide.
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15
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GAD stands for ______________ ________________ ______________ that is an unrealistic worry about life that usually last for prolonged periods of time.
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General Anxiety Disorder
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_______________, _______________, and ___________________ are the neurotransmitters that are linked to learned helplessness and cause of several disorders.
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Dopamine, Seratonin, Noreadrenaline
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Unlike other disorders, _________________ disorders are not just a bout of an illness or disease.
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Personality
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List the 4 characteristics of Disorganized Schizophrenia.
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According to the DSM-IV, individuals with major depression experience 9 symptoms. List one of the two that MUST be present and 3 others.
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List the three symptoms in which anxiety is characterized by:
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Explain the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and list 2 possible causes/examples
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List AND describe the factors in Attribution Theory. Be sure to tie into how it may cause or increase mood disorders like depression.
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Explain somatoform disorders from a psychological standpoint.
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Explain the psychoanalytical theory’s explanation of antisocial personality disorders.
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List and describe the 4 criterion of Psychological Disorders (examples needed)
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